(CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHY) Album of engraved and photographic

Sale 2675 - Lot 111

Price Realized: $ 406

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(CIVIL WAR--PHOTOGRAPHY.) Album of engraved and photographic portraits of war leaders. 21 printed portraits and 7 cartes-de-visite inserted into 15 album leaves. 8vo, 5¾ x 4¾ inches, original decorative morocco with original clasps, minor wear, with printed title page by Carlton & Porter of New York and completed index key; minimal wear to contents, two empty slots with captions; presentation inscription to "Master William Stevenson for punctual attendance at Sabbath School by Bemers," with Stevenson's name gilt-stamped on front board. New York, circa 1863-1865

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The bulk of this album contains 21 engraved card portraits of Lincoln, Stanton, Grant, Halleck, Hooker, Banks, Meade, Sickles, Buell, Sigel, Gilmore, Meagher, Corcoran, Price, Jefferson Davis, Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Beauregard, Johnson, Bragg, and Hill. The Confederate figures are all presented together at the end. Some of all of these portraits are credited to D. Murphy, 566 Broadway, New York.

Interspersed with the printed cards are 7 carte-de-visite photographs of Sherman, Butler (after an engraving), Frémont (after an engraving, no backmark), General George P. Foster, Hancock, McClellan and wife, and a boy in a zouave uniform, photographed by E.M. Douglas of Brooklyn. Perhaps the boy is the album owner, William Stevenson? He is illustrated here.